Interesting facts about Canada's PMs

Macdonald’s Valentine’s ball

1860: John A. Macdonald, the Attorney General of Canada West, holds a huge Valentine’s Day party at the St. Louis Hotel in Quebec. Of the 1,000 people he invited, 800 turn out for the celebration, paying $1 each to mingle with the elite.

The best part of the evening for Macdonald is having his secretary’s sister, Agnes Bernard make an appearance. He first met her two years earlier in Toronto, but it will be another seven years before they marry.